Seven people were killed in a fiery crash between a van and a pickup truck on an eastern Idaho highway near Yellowstone National Park, officials said.

The crash happened on Thursday just before 7:15 p.m. local time on a highway near Henry's Lake State Park in eastern Idaho, about 16 miles west of Yellowstone National Park.

A Utah family driving back to their cabin in Island Park, Idaho Thursday evening found themselves at the center of a tragic scene on U.S. Highway 20 near Henrys Lake.